10 little white lies you hear about the future of newspapers

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Ryan Sholin
  1. Print is dead.
  2. Journalism is dying.
  3. Paid online content will save newspapers.
  4. No one will pay for online news.
  5. You haven’t tried anything.
  6. You should try everything.
  7. We’ve tried everything.
  8. We’ve certainly tried that before, and it didn’t work then, so it won’t work now.
  9. This is all corporate media’s / Google’s / Craig’s / Bush’s / Obama’s / the economy’s / the Internet’s / journalists’ / management’s / education’s fault.
  10. No one will miss newspapers when they’re gone.

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13 Responses to 10 little white lies you hear about the future of newspapers

  1. Adrian Holovaty says:
    March 9, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    11. Integrating Twitter/Facebook with your newspaper site will magically make you relevant.

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  3. Ryan says:
    March 10, 2009 at 5:31 am

    @adrian – Hey, no fair omitting the twin: “12. Social media is a waste of your news staff’s time.” ;)

    Hey, and while you’re here:

    13. If journalism schools would just teach computer science, a thousand databases would bloom.

    &

    14. Journalism schools should stick to the basics — that’s what they’re good at. (Or maybe that counts as two?)

  4. Annette Schulte says:
    March 10, 2009 at 9:31 am

    15. Throw a millennial at it, and we’ll be saved.

  5. Will Sommer says:
    March 10, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Readers can’t be trusted to comment responsibly.

  6. Alfred Hermida says:
    March 10, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    16: The internet can never replace the serendipity of the newspaper.

  7. codyk says:
    March 10, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    17. If we keep writing “You’ll miss us when we’re gone” columns, papers will be saved.

  8. Mindy McAdams says:
    March 11, 2009 at 11:13 am

    “9. This is all corporate media’s / Google’s / Craig’s / Bush’s / Obama’s / the economy’s / the Internet’s / journalists’ / management’s / education’s fault.”

    BLOGGERS! You forgot bloggers! It’s THEIR fault!

  9. Nestvman says:
    March 21, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    At the end of the day you can’t take your desk top to the shitter.

  10. Ryan says:
    March 21, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    Really? iPhone, Kindle, MacBook Air? That problem’s been solved. Next?

  11. ehutch says:
    April 10, 2009 at 11:26 am

    unless newspapers can deliver honest unfiltered news, they wont be missed. who needs news with a corporate slant.

  12. Ryan says:
    April 10, 2009 at 11:29 am

    I love that I’ve completely lost track of which comment is an actual sentiment, and which is an additional “little white lie.”

    Number your lies, people! :P